Josh Homme on reworking Iggy Pop collab ‘Sunday’ for Queens Of The Stone Age’s ‘Perfecth’ – and if they’ll

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O vocalista se encontrou com a NME como parte da nossa série In Conversation, e se sentou para discutir o nono álbum da banda, que chegou na última sexta-feira (30 de outubro) via Matador.

Alongside singles ‘Where The Goth Girls At?’, ‘Insignificant Other’ and ‘Easy Street’, the album also featured a reworking of ‘Sunday’ – which originally featured on the 2016 album ‘Post Pop Depression’, a collaboration between Iggy, Pop, QOTSA bandmate Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys‘ drummer Matt Helders.

Asked why he wanted to revisit the track again for the Perfecth’, Homme explained how he “liked the song so much” when he first wrote it, that he was tempted to “keep it to myself”.

Homme acrescentou que, quando chegou à sessão na manhã seguinte, disse ao ícone punk: “Eu criei essa música ontem à noite, e quase a segurei para mim, mas esse não é o ponto disso.”.

I want you to know that you have everything that I have to give for ‘Post Pop Depression’.”.

Essa referência a “covering” a música novamente, ele explicou, é o mesmo “roadmap” do que aconteceu com a colaboração entre Iggy Pop e David Bowie ‘China Girl’, que foi lançada no álbum solo de estreia de Pop em 1977, ‘The Idiot’, e reestruturada e lançada por Bowie em 1983 para seu álbum ‘Let’s Dance’.

As for what Pop thinks of the new reworking, Homme shared: “He fucking hates it… No, we got his blessing.

Asked if fans can expect another collaboration between them anytime soon, Homme replied: “My door is always open to Iggy, but these things can’t be forced. They happen when they’re supposed to happen, and that’s the way it goes.”.

Check out the full interview in the video below, or read it in full here here, where Homme and Michael Schuman also talked about how their ‘Catacombs’ tour inspired them, becoming closer as a unit during the writing process, and what to expect from their upcoming live shows.

Queens Of The Stone Age continuam seus shows ao vivo de 2026 ainda neste mês, com paradas em LA, Tóquio, Singapura, Hong Kong, Austrália e Nova Zelândia, antes de retornarem à Cidade do México em março de 2027 para um enorme concerto co‑headline com Interpol.

Later in the summer, they will head out on another US tour, before coming across the pond for European dates. UK shows are expected to be announced soon.

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